High-speed flowing plasmas in the Earth's plasma sheet | |
Fu SuiYan; Shi QuanQi; Wang Chi; Parks, George; Zheng Ling; Zheng Hao; Sun WeiJie; Fu, SY (reprint author), Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. | |
Department | 空间科学部 |
Source Publication | CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
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2011 | |
Volume | 56Issue:12Pages:1182-1187 |
ISSN | 1001-6538 |
Language | 英语 |
Keyword | Plasma Sheet High Speed Flow Magnetic Structure Substorm Dipolarization |
Abstract | A research topic of great interest to the space physics community is the observation of plasmas flowing at hundreds of kilometers per second in the Earth's plasma sheet. Although considerable effort has been made to understand the source of fast-flowing plasmas, many questions remain unanswered about the mechanisms that produce high-speed flows and the effects they have on magnetospheric disturbances, especially their contributions to magnetospheric convection and substorms. In this paper, we discuss briefly the history of high-speed flows and review the proposed mechanisms, signatures of high-speed flows in auroras and their interaction with the background plasma. We then summarize the relationships between high-speed flows and magnetic structures, discuss questions associated with substorms, and finally pose several important scientific questions that need to be addressed.; A research topic of great interest to the space physics community is the observation of plasmas flowing at hundreds of kilometers per second in the Earth's plasma sheet. Although considerable effort has been made to understand the source of fast-flowing plasmas, many questions remain unanswered about the mechanisms that produce high-speed flows and the effects they have on magnetospheric disturbances, especially their contributions to magnetospheric convection and substorms. In this paper, we discuss briefly the history of high-speed flows and review the proposed mechanisms, signatures of high-speed flows in auroras and their interaction with the background plasma. We then summarize the relationships between high-speed flows and magnetic structures, discuss questions associated with substorms, and finally pose several important scientific questions that need to be addressed. |
Indexed By | SCI |
Funding Project | 中国科学院空间科学与应用研究中心 |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nssc.ac.cn/handle/122/3290 |
Collection | 空间科学部 |
Corresponding Author | Fu, SY (reprint author), Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Fu SuiYan,Shi QuanQi,Wang Chi,et al. High-speed flowing plasmas in the Earth's plasma sheet[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2011,56(12):1182-1187. |
APA | Fu SuiYan.,Shi QuanQi.,Wang Chi.,Parks, George.,Zheng Ling.,...&Fu, SY .(2011).High-speed flowing plasmas in the Earth's plasma sheet.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,56(12),1182-1187. |
MLA | Fu SuiYan,et al."High-speed flowing plasmas in the Earth's plasma sheet".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 56.12(2011):1182-1187. |
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